Big villain: Aristotle KristatosThe plan: To earn himself a motza by selling top-secret British secret Polaris secrets to the Soviet Union; ceding control system of Britain’s Polaris missiles to the Soviet Union. The big bastard.

Suave Greek tycoon Aristotle Kristatos is played by Julian Glover, an actor once linked with the part of 007 himself before Roger Moore snaffled it. Kristatos, shortly before hatching a plan to kill Bond in as complicated a way as possible, makes an unusual villain error by revealing the final destination of the stolen device in the presence of a parrot. Said bird then repeats it in Bond’s presence and the secret is out.